Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:
You could also use `next` instead of `master`, which would make intuitive
sense because the commits that make it into that branch are slated to be
part of the next major Git version.
And a relatively obvious name for the current `next` might be `cooking`.
I refrained from proposing this earlier, thinking that this would be too
disruptive, but since `pu` was renamed to `seen`...
Renaming 'pu' away from two-letter has a positive technical and
social effect. Using 'next' for anything but what it currently
means does not have any such upside and only the downside of
confusing people.
As to 'cooking', I am not sure. Personally I consider that the
topics that are in 'next' plus those that are soon to be in 'next'
are all 'cooking'. But I do not think anybody's dying to rename
'next', so...